jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agoGeorgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchenwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down12
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia inmate shoots and kills 24-year-old female food service worker inside the prison’s kitchenwww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · edit-211 months agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThe irony is that was how it used to be said. You wouldn’t say “shot and killed” you’d say “shot dead”
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoApparently the editor realized it was not a good way to phrase it and reworded it. To make the original headline clearer, it could have been “Woman shot dead by…”
The irony is that was how it used to be said.
You wouldn’t say “shot and killed” you’d say “shot dead”
Apparently the editor realized it was not a good way to phrase it and reworded it. To make the original headline clearer, it could have been “Woman shot dead by…”